Zeng Yu left the flower hall and stood by the second door waiting for the manager to lead the horse out. He found that there were women peeping in the west courtyard gate. When he turned around, he was vaguely the voluptuous women he had seen in the mountain valley behind the garden that day. Pei Lin, who was pushed into the water by Lu Miaoxiang, did not see it-

Zeng Yu thought to himself: "These young women are so hungry and thirsty. Yan Shifan is here and they dare to show up and give up their eyes. Hey, this garden cannot be lived in, so it is safe to go to Jieqiao Village."

The manager led the horse out and the two set off on the road. Zeng Yu still rode the Mongolian horse named "Black Bean". This horse was originally a member of the Yan family. Now Zeng Yu has traveled with him. "Black Bean" is good at enduring hardships. Because Zeng Yu brought the donkey from Shitian was called "Heibao", Zeng Yu also loved this "Black Bean".

When I was riding a horse on the field of Jieqiao Village, Zeng Yu remembered Fan Chengda's pastoral poems in autumn:

"I am afraid that the rain will droop in autumn, and there will be no clouds in Jiazi. After the rice is obtained, it will be drying the grain. It must be sunny until the time you enter the warehouse

The mud mirror in the newly built farm is flat, and every family beats rice while the frost is sunny. The laughter and singing are light and thunder is shaking, and the shackles are ringing brightly overnight.

On the way from Jichangyuan to Jieqiao Village, Zeng Yu saw this scene, drying grain and rice, rushing to plant wheat beans, planting mulberry trees and farming, and renting and storing. The busiest month of the year is about to pass, and some farmers from good families have begun to prepare harvest banquets and take their married daughters back to their parents' homes to reunite. As the saying goes, playfulness is like a playfulness.

Of course, the farming and family fun that Zeng Yu saw was just a superficial phenomenon. Since Jiajing, corvee labor has become increasingly heavy. Farmers have worked hard for a year, and the remaining food left after paying the land rent is often not enough to support their families. This is especially true in Jiangxi. The proverb of officials says, "The fate is low, and you will get the three wests." The so-called "Three Wests" refers to Shaanxi, Shanxi and Jiangxi. Relatively speaking, Jiangxi has poor land and few fields and many people, so many Jiangxi people are ate in the mountains, such as the geography, astrology, medical and divination, and Zijian. These are the main occupations for Jiangxi people to go out to make a living. For example, Zeng Yu's ancestral home is Xingguo Sanliao. There are more than half of adult men in a village who are Feng Shui masters. They travel around the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty. They do not care about their mothers and make a living without hands.

Zeng Yu, who was riding a horse, said in his heart: "I, Zeng Jiuli, are not doing their jobs when I am a companion for the children of powerful people." He also thought: "I used to think that the One Whip Method was first created by Zhang Juzheng of the Wanli Dynasty. Now I know that it was implemented in the ninth year of Jiajing. The One Whip Method was a milestone in the development of the ancient Chinese tax system. Taxes shifted from physical objects to monetization. Compared with other tax systems, it is fair and simple. The silver-share service gave farmers more freedom. The booming commodity economy in the late Ming Dynasty has a lot to do with this tax system, but the One Whip Method seemed to touch the interests of officials, gentry and landlords, so there was great resistance. As an important official of the Jiajing Dynasty, Yan Song would obviously not be able to implement without Yan Song's support. The gentry class had a lot of opinions about Yan Song. Could it be related to this?

Zeng Yuxin said, "Anyway, I don't know what serious crime Yan Song committed. Is it a serious crime to write Qing Ci to welcome the emperor? Xu Jieqing Ci was better than Yan Song, and killed Xia Yan? Shen Lian? Yang Jisheng? Political struggle to die. Shen Lian. Yang Jisheng impeached Yan Song for ten major crimes and fifteen major crimes. Yan Song didn't fight back. Should Yan Song stay dead if he didn't fight back? They were all dictatorial rule of the feudal dynasty. Yan Song's guilt was mostly borne by Emperor Jiajing, but Yan Shifan's unscrupulous behavior was really too hated. Yan Maoqing was also a corrupt official just now. I glanced at the gift list given to Yan Shifan, and saw two golden kilin pots, six golden dragon ear cups, and twelve pairs of gold ingots. There was a long list behind him, and he also looked at Gongquan's calligraphy scroll. Three words must be Yan Maoqing's collection of Liu Gongquan's calligraphy scroll - Yan Song's defeat was mostly because of this son."

Manager Rao followed Zeng Yu on a horse. Seeing that the young scholar didn't talk much, he asked, "Young Master Zeng, don't you see that maple forest, it's called Maple Tree Bay."

Zeng Yu looked northeast of the finger of the manager Rao. In the afternoon, under the autumn sun, the large maple forest was as red as the morning glow, yellow as red gold, extremely gorgeous. There were about dozens of acres of land, thousands of tall maple trees, the gurgling Jiexi flowed around Jieqiao Village, and passed through the maple forest to the Yuanshui River. The stream was clear and not dyed red by the maple forest, but fell leaves were floating with the water from time to time.

"What a maple tree bay, a beautiful scenery." Zeng Yu praised it and asked again: "Is this maple forest land from Yan Ge's hometown?"

Manager Rao said: "This land was bought by the old master's great master, Fang Bogong, and belongs to the family public. A family temple is built on the other side of the stream."

Zeng Yu knew that Yan Song's great-grandfather Yan Mengheng was a Jinshi during the Yongle period and became the governor of Sichuan. Two Jinshi were born in such a small Jieqiao Village in a hundred years. He was divided into Yi Yan's family, but he heard the manager add: "Aunt Thirteenth and Miss Yingzi live there now."

Zeng Yu asked: "Who is Aunt Thirteen? Is it Miss Yingzi's aunt?"

Rao Guanshi said: "That's right."

Zeng Yu had always wanted to inquire about where Lu Miaoxiang and Yingzi were going, but it was obviously inappropriate for him to inquire about Yan Shifan's female relatives, so he kept holding back and didn't ask, thinking that he would know sooner or later. Unexpectedly, the news would be heard without any effort. The sanctions were told casually, just calling Lu Miaoxiang the Thirteenth Aunt made him feel a little uncomfortable, and asked: "Didn't Miss Yingzi and the others live in Jichangyuan before, why did they move here?

Manager Rao said: "Aunt Thirteenth Aunt is determined not to let Miss Yingzi engage in a marriage with the son of the Xu family in Songjiang. This Aunt Thirteenth Aunt is amazing, at the beginning-"

Speaking of this, Rao Guanshi paused and changed his words: "Aunt Thirteenth Aunt was forced to go on a hunger strike, and Miss Yingzi also went on a hunger strike. She didn't eat or drink for four days and four nights. The master couldn't even persuade her and returned to the Xu family's marriage during the mourning period. There was a small temple next to the Yan Family Temple in Fengshuwan. It was originally the place where the old man's late second sister practiced and chanted Buddha's name. Aunt Thirteenth took Miss Yingzi to live in the small temple. The master had angered and said that she would starve her to death, but she still sent people to deliver rice, grain, fruit and vegetables on time. The master had dozens of concubines, and only five were famous. Aunt Thirteenth Aunt had no name, and had hurt the master, but was the most favored by the master. It was a strange thing.

Zeng Yu was silent. At that time, he hinted to Lu Miaoxiang that Yan Shifan would be defeated. He wanted Lu Miaoxiang and the young girl Yaozi to make plans to avoid being implicated by Yan's house search in the future. It was just easy to remind him, but it was really hard to do it. Two helpless women were just fighting for death. There was no other way except to fight for death.

At this moment, Zeng Yu made up his mind to help Lu Miaoxiang and Yingzi. As long as he made a clever arrangement, it should not be difficult.

The road to Jieqiao Village passes half an inside and outside the south side of Maple Stove Bay. The maple leaves that are as red as fire and as brilliant as gold are very attractive to Zeng Yu, but it's better to ride a horse and pass by it in a hurry.

Less than three miles past Fengshu Bay, there is Jieqiao Village.

Jiexi is gurgling, ancient camphor is in full bloom, walking on the stone road, and I heard the sound of books. This small Jieqiao Village has a strong literary style. Yan Song’s fame inspired the Yan family’s children to study hard. Apart from his only son Yan Shifan, Yan Song did not give much care to his family. Like his nephew Yan Shifang, he is a student of the provincial school. If Yan Song was willing to help and went to the Imperial College for two years, wouldn’t he be a county magistrate? It would be difficult to become a fifth-rank prefect after promotion. However, Yan Song asked Yan Shifang to seek fame and fame based on his own ability, and refused to recommend favoritism at all. Is it a great treacherous or loyal? This is really intriguing.

The tall and thin Yan Shifang was very surprised when she saw Zeng Yu and asked, "Why is Zeng Sheng coming?" After hearing Zeng Yu talk about the whole story, he nodded and said, "Since you are here, study with peace of mind. You are also a student in the palace. How dare I be your teacher? On weekdays, you just need to study by yourself, and you don't have to worry about anything else. The reason why my cousin asked you to be Shaoqing and Shaoting to study together is to let them have a role model, see how you study hard, and you have good academic character, and you can be a role model for them." After that, he ordered his servant to call Yan Shaoqing and Yan Shaoting to meet Zeng Yu-

Zeng Yuxin said, "I have traveled all the way here to study, but that's not bad. Yan's collection of calligraphy and paintings must be a lot. I'm so feasted my eyes. I don't know if those calligraphy and paintings are here. If they are all in Beijing, it would be boring."

Zeng Yu suggested to Yan Shifang that he must go back to Shangrao during the New Year. Yan Shifang said, "It goes without saying that, how can you not be able to get together with your old mother and young sister during the New Year? How about you so inhumane?" He also said, "Today is the seventh day of the ninth lunar month. You are here for three months. On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, how about sending you back to your hometown?"
Chapter completed!